GPS for land surveyors

Content: Global Positioning System (GPS) SignalGPS Signal StructureTwo ObservablesPseudorangingCarrier Phase RangingBiases and SolutionsBiasesReceiver NoiseSolutionsSummaryFrameworkTechnological ForerunnersGPS SegmentsGPS ConstellationReceivers and MethodsCommon Features of Global Positioning System (GPS) ReceiversCoordinatesA Few Pertinent Ideas about Geodetic Datums for Global Positioning SystemsState Plane CoordinatesHeightsStatic Global Positioning System SurveyingPlanningNational Geodetic Survey (NGS) ControlControl from Continuously Operating NetworksStatic Survey Project DesignPreparationSome GPS Survey Design FactsDrawing the BaselinesStatic GPS Control ObservationsReal-Time Global Positioning System SurveyingReal-Time Kinematic (RTK) and Differential GPS (DGPS)General IdeaRadial GPSDGPSLocal and Wide Area DGPSGeographic Information Systems (GIS) ApplicationInteger Cycle Ambiguity FixingWireless LinkVertical Component in RTKSome Practical RTK SuggestionsReal-Time Network ServicesReal-Time GPS TechniquesPrecise Point Positioning (PPP)Global Positioning System Modernization and Global Navigation Satellite SystemGlobal Positioning System (GPS) ModernizationSatellite BlocksPower Spectral Density DiagramsNew SignalsGlobal Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)GLONASSGalileoInteroperability between GPS, GLONASS, and GALILEOBeiDouQuasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS)IRNSSThe FutureInteroperabilityGlossary